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- ANTONIO LO SOALZO, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

RIDINGrHABIT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 742,123, dated October20, 1903. Application filed November 6, 1902. Serial No. 130,275. (Nomodel.

T or whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ANTONIO LOSCALZO, a

citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York,borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have inventeda new and Improved Riding-Habit, of which the followingis a full, clear,and exact description.

My invention has for its object to provide a riding-habit which in lyingover the pommel of the saddle will hang smooth and fair therefrom andfrom the waist of the wearer. This efiect has been sought in many skirtsheretofore constructed; but to the best of my knowledge no skirt hasbeen made in which the end desired has been fully attained.

In many prior constructions pockets have been form ed in the back of theskirt to receive the pommel; but these pockets have not been shaped sothat the skirt when in use will be free from lumps or otherirregularities. In my skirt a pocket is formed for the pommel, asheretofore; but the seams are so disposed that the pocket constitutesthe sole irregularity in the skirt, and when the riders leg is thrownover the pommel the latter is received in the pocket and'the skirt hangsgracefully and smoothly from the waist and pommel-leg of the wearer.Accordingly the present invention lies in certain peculiar seams formingthe pommel-pocket of the skirt and causing a graceful and correctappearance without interfering with the perfect ease of the wearer.

This specification is an exact description of one form of the invention,While the claim defines the actual scope thereof.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forminga part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a back view of a skirt, showing it in the position which itassumes when in use. Fig. 2 is a front view also showing the skirt inthe position which it assumes when in use, and Fig. 3 is a View showingthe pattern of the skirt. j

The skirt is constructed of two sections of fabric-the front section Fand the back section B.

I will first describe the pattern and then the manner'of assembling theparts of the skirt.

The front section F has a bottom edge 2' side edges or and 71 and edgesf f f and f forming the Waist-line.

g g and g represent gores formed in the front section for the properfitting of the Waist. From the left-hand end of the waistline on thefront section B (see Fig. 3) anedge e is formed, this edge passingdownward toward the edge of. At the lower end of this edge e a gore isformed, producing the edges 6 and b and from the edge b an edgec passes,meeting the edge o The back sec tion B has a bottom edge 1" and sideedges h and a.

f,f and f represent the edges forming the waist-line of the section B,and g, 9 and 9 represent gores performing the same functions as thegores g g and 9 before mentloned. From the right-hand end ofthewaistline of the section B (see Fig. 3)'an edge e extends downwardtoward the edge a; but between these edges are interposed an edge c' andoppositely-lying edges (1 and 01*", formed by a gore running into thegoods between the edge c and the upper end of the edge a.

The sections of cloth cut according'to the pattern above described arejoined in the following manner: The edges a and a are joined to form theseam 0t, and the edges h and k are joined to form the. seam h. The edges12 and b 0 and 0 d and d are joined to form the seam b c (I, this seamrunning across the front of the skirt in position to extend over the capof the pommel-leg of the wearer,crosswise thereof, to form the pommelpocket P. The edges 6' and e are joined to form the seam e, and theseveral gores g, g g g g and g are closed properly to form the waist. InFigs. 1 and 2, 2' represents the bottom of the skirt, and f the Waist.It will be observed that the seam 6 runs upward from the composite seamb c d and passes from said seam to a point intermediate its ends. Theseam on runs downward from said composite seam and also passes therefromat a point intermediate its ends. Consequently the ends of the compositeseam b c d termi-- nate in the body of the skirt removed. from andwithout seam communication with the Waist and bottom edges of the skirt.By this construction the pocket P is properly formed. All slack materialis taken up, and sufficient fullness is given at the necessary points,so that when the skirt is in use its front portion hangs fair and smoothfrom the pommel of the saddle and from the waist of the rider, and atthe back portion of the skirt there is allowed just sufficient materialproperly to fill out the skirt, there being no mass of wrinkled goodslying under the pommel-leg or seat of the rider.

Various changes in the form, proportions, and minor details of myinvention may be resorted to at will Without departing from the spiritand scope thereof. Hence I consider myself entitled to all suchvariations as may lie Within the intent of my claim.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent A pommel-pocketed riding-skirt: having front and backsections jointly forming the complete skirt, the pattern of the frontsection having a gored waist-line f", f f ,f extending from one sideedge of the front section inward at the top of the section, said sectionhaving an edge 6 extending from the inner end of the Waist-line andforming a continuation thereof at the lower or opposite end of whichedge e a gore is formed, producing edges Z), Z) and b the edge I)continuing to form an edge c'meeting the second or remaining side edgeof the front section, and the pattern of the back section having a goreformed in its top edge, producing two edges d and (1 the edge (Zextending from one side edge of the front section and the edge d beingextended to form an edge 0 from which passes an edge e to the goredWaist-linef, f f said waist-line extending from the edge e to theopposite or remaining side edge of the back section and the two sectionsof the skirt being joined together, substantially as described. y

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing Witnesses.

ANTONIO LOSOALZO.

Witnesses:

CHARLES ALVIN ROGERS, NORMAN L. ARCHER.

